Energy expenditure and symptom severity in men with heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1250-1252

  Obisesan, Thomas O ^a   Toth, Michael J ^a   Donaldson, Kendall ^a   Gottlieb, Stephen S ^a   Fisher, Michael L ^a   Vaitekevicius, Peter ^a   Poehlman, Eric T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; NITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029931516     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00176-2     Document Type: Article

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